Marble Blast Ultra - The Classic 3D Marble Platformer (is still good!)

Marble Blast Ultra is a time trial puzzle-platformer released on the Xbox 360 Arcade back in 2006. It was a charming little replayable experience with fun, surprisingly active multiplayer and cute surrealist visuals. But how far has marblenology evolved since 2006? Is Marble Blast Ultra still worth playing in 2024? Is the multiplayer still around? I'm here to answer all of those questions you probably didn't ask!
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00:00 Intro
03:59 Gameplay
11:16 Presentation
21:12 Stage Design
32:05 Multiplayer
41:04 Concluding Thoughts
Music Used (in order):
Skyward Fire (by Michiel van den Bos, from Unreal Tournament 99)
House of Cards (By Machine Girl, from Neon White)
Medsci 1 (by Eric Brosius, from System Shock 2)
Ops 2 (by Eric Brosius, from System Shock 2)
White Out (by Kenta Nagata, from 1080° Snowboarding)
Nether Animal (by Michiel van den Bos, from Unreal Tournament 99)
Cloud Nine (by Machine Girl, from Neon White)
The Course (by Michiel van den Bos, from Unreal Tournament 99)
Labrat (by Alexander Brandon, from Jazz Jackrabbit 2)
Avalonia IntMusic (full) (by Keith Tenniswood, from Little Big Planet 2)
Tim Trance (by Tim Clarke, from Marble Blast Ultra)

[@MrHedgehog-vm8md]

Wooh! New MarriedToMyChair video! Today is a good day!

[@CarExhaustEater]

You are my favorite niche internet micro-celebrity

[@Holyduck777]

I was gonna say this reminds me of the old ps1 game "Roll away" until i found the rabbit hole of "Games where you control a ball" genre that dates back to the 80s.

[@mattc7420]

I was waiting to hear if this is tangentially related to Marble Madness

[@ByrhtnothsDeluge]

Loved this game as a child. Its visuals have stuck with me ever since. Counter to your view of it as post-apocalyptic as a kid, I always saw it as a heavenly or dreamlike setting. I guess it's a bit similar to Neon White in that regard.

[@marriedtomychair]

Ah, that's an interesting way to think of it too! Neon White clearly takes place in heaven, but it's a very abstract interpretation of heaven. So it seems oddly appropriate that MBU is so abstract that it can be interpreted as heaven. That's a fun commonality.